Whack-a-mole: Fighting back: To avoid falling victim of a vicious drug war, some resort to taking up arms

Fighting back: To avoid falling victim of a vicious drug war, some resort to taking up arms - El Paso Times: "NUEVO CASAS GRANDES, Mexico -- On the ranch lands near the U.S. border, people no longer take security for granted and have turned to weapons to stave off drug thugs.

Teachers, ranchers, town officials, business owners and lawyers in rural towns of northwest Chihuahua near New Mexico have armed themselves. Legal or not, they are ready to use their guns for protection.

In a country caught in the clutches of a vicious drug war, people have decided it's better to fight than to fall victim to the violence, which has claimed about 35,000 people nationally."